Gao Chi of the Ming River

The sky in Nanjing is also full of haze at this time.

Thick dark clouds pressed down on people's hearts, and the stagnant air made people breathless.

Zhu Yunwen stood by the window sill, staring at the sky outside in a daze, thinking of his teacher Zhang Shi, who was lying in the coffin in the mourning hall of the Zhang family, who would never be able to open his eyes, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but clenched his hands tightly on the window sill .

I also remembered what Grandpa Huang said to him when he was dying...

"Grandpa Huang has nothing to give you, this Jinyi Night Walk may be able to help you..."

Grandpa Huang, I gave my grandson all the brocade clothes and night walks, why didn't you give me the little jade seal?

Why... leave him to Zhu Gaochi? !

If it wasn't for Grandpa Huang, your old father-in-law told grandson, grandson would still be looking for your little jade seal in the palace like a chicken without a head, right?

Why...can't give it to my grandson? !

Could it be that you didn't choose your grandson early in the morning?That being the case, why not simply pass the throne to the fourth uncle? !

Grandpa, what are you thinking? !

Zhu Yunwen closed his eyes in pain, and beat the wall by the window sill hard!

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Fang Xiaoru lifted the curtains on the carriage, looked at the sky outside, the dark sky, the stuffy air, Fang Xiaoru frowned, sighed softly, is the wind and rain finally coming?

"Mr. Fang... Tell me, why did the late emperor do this?"

Fang Xiaoru put down the curtains, turned to look at Huang Zicheng, and slowly shook his head, "How can I, a grass-roots person, know what the late emperor was thinking?"

Huang Zicheng sighed softly, "Mr. is too modest."

Fang Xiaoru just stared at Huang Zicheng, and asked in a deep voice, "Master Huang, can you tell me what kind of pawn Zhang Rongyue is in your game? What is she going to do? Can she... still be alive? "

Huang Zicheng lowered his eyes and remained silent. After a long while, he whispered, "This... I don't know..."

Fang Xiaoru's face darkened.

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"What do you mean by that?" Zhu Di asked coldly.

What is "don't want him to know"? !

What is "afraid he will know"? !

Zhou Wang stared at Zhu Di for a long time, then suddenly laughed, scratched his head and said, "Fourth brother, just treat it like a younger brother and talk nonsense just now..."

Zhu Di stared at King Zhou fiercely.

What the fifth child meant was that he was afraid that Chi'er knew too much...?

I...are you guarding against Chi'er? !

Staring at King Zhou fiercely, until King Zhou touched his nose and turned his head boredly, he retracted his gaze, took a deep breath, and suppressed the anger and irritability in his heart. The report has long been squeezed out of shape.

But at this moment, suddenly Zhu Neng rushed over.

Respectfully cupped his hands, "My lord! There is an urgent report!"

Zhu Di hurriedly turned his head, snatched it away, and opened it, but couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, isn't it from Peking?

And looking more closely, Zhu Di couldn't help but gasp, it was the investigation data of Sheng Yong and Tie Xuan? !

Frowning and waving to Zhu Neng, he asked in a deep voice, "Where is the person who brought the report? Ask him to come see me!"

"Yes!"

When the man dressed as a farmer who was waiting to deliver the report arrived, both King Zhou and King Ning looked at each other and stepped aside. That is... King Yan's flying fish?

"Say! Did the son tell you to send this report?"

"Return to the prince, yes!"

"What did the prince say? Stop talking nonsense!"

"Your Majesty didn't say anything, he just told us to collect information about Sheng Yong and Tie Xuan, as well as the terrain around Yongchang, and the information about the officers and soldiers stationed there. After the collection, we will hand it over to the prince!"

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking in his heart, why did Chier collect information on Yongchang for no reason?And Sheng Yong and Tie Xuan...Although Yongchang and those two are the ones I'm about to attack...but how would Chi'er know?How did Chi'er be sure that she would definitely need it?

Staring at the young man dressed as a farmer kneeling in front of him, Zhu Di suddenly felt shocked. The flying fish he left in Beiping were only a hundred people at most, and the terrain and related information of the entire Yongchang, as well as Sheng Yong Tiexuan, if there were not a hundred people It is impossible to collect the above so quickly!Thinking of this, Zhu Di immediately asked sharply, "Say! How many people are still by Shizi's side?!"

"No more, only Captain Ji Gang..."

Zhu Di's face changed, and he said in a deep voice, "All the flying fish will go back to Peiping immediately!"

"Yes!"

"Fourth brother, why didn't you tell Xiao Gaochi... Even if you didn't mention Jinyi Yexing, you can make up some other excuses, as long as Xiao Gaochi is wary of that Rongyue, and... those Jinyi Yexing in the hidden mansion... ..." King Zhou walked over and said in a low voice, scratching his head helplessly.

"Have you said enough?!" Zhu Di suddenly turned his head and growled.Feeling extremely irritable.

And at this time, there was a sudden thunder in the sky.

Zhu Di looked up, and saw a few lightning flashes, and the dark and dull sky seemed to be torn apart.

Suddenly, Zhu Di felt his face was cool, is it raining?

With a bang, the rain poured down!

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It's raining?

Standing under the eaves of Songzhuyuan, Zhu Gaochi looked at the heavy rain curtain, couldn't help but took a deep breath, and grinned, that's great, the rain seems to be much refreshing.

"This rain..." A hesitant voice sounded slowly.

Zhu Gaochi turned his head, looked at the monk behind him, and smiled gently, "Teacher, it's raining really well. The past few days have been dull, and it's much refreshing after this rain."

The monk, that is, Dao Yan, put his palms together with a smile, "Yes, my son, the rain is not bad."

After Dao Yan finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the rain curtain again, feeling a little dull in his heart, the rain was a little unusual, it was not a good sign.

"My son..." Dao Yan thought for a while, and said softly, "It's raining too much. If Li Jinglong takes advantage of the rain, it will be bad for us. We still need to strengthen patrols at the city gates."

Zhu Gaochi nodded with a smile and said, "The teacher is right. Before I went back to the mansion, the weather was not right. Zhang Fu, Gao Xu and Gao Sui had already stepped up their defense."

Dao Yan nodded with satisfaction in his heart. Shizi is young, but he is very experienced in doing things.

And at this time in the Fanghuayuan...

Outside Zhang Rongyue's wing, a servant girl knocked on the door, and shouted urgently in a low voice, with tears in her voice, "Miss, please open the door quickly!! Miss, don't scare me! Miss... I beg you, my maidservant! Open the door!"

The servant girl was very anxious and scared. After the young lady came back from outside, she locked herself in the room. No matter how hard she knocked on the door, she wouldn't open it!

At this time, there was a sudden knock, and the door opened.

The servant girl exclaimed in surprise, "Miss!"

But after shouting, the servant girl was a little surprised, and said, "Miss?"

Why is the lady like this?

Pale face, somewhat blank eyes, as if... suffered some blow?

It was Zhang Rongyue who opened the door and walked out.

Zhang Rongyue ignored the maid, but slowly raised her head to look at the heavy rain curtain, her empty eyes slowly filled with tears, and then... slipped down bit by bit...

On the floor of the dark room behind Zhang Rongyue, a white handkerchief was covered with red letters...

"Little Miss..." The servant girl asked timidly in surprise and fear, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Zhang Rongyue slowly lowered her eyes, raised her hand and slowly wiped away the tears on her face.

At this time, the servant girl exclaimed again, "Miss, your hand is hurt?!"

Zhang Rongyue was slightly dazed, looking at her own hand, the fingertips were still oozing blood, just now, when she was reading the last letter her father left for her... she hurt herself...

Dad's suicide note...

Dad's last request...

"Shut up!" Zhang Rongyue said coldly.

The servant girl was startled, and nodded hastily.

After Zhang Rongyue finished speaking, she walked slowly under the eaves, looked at the still gloomy sky, and said slowly, "Let's go see the princess."

"Ah? Yes!"

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At this time, Zhangyemen in Beiping.

Impatiently, Zhu Gaoxu waved off the coir raincoat that the guards around him put on, and shouted, "Be careful!"

"Second Young Master! You..." The guard hurriedly stepped forward, holding the coir raincoat in his hand, and said in a worried and helpless voice, "If the prince knows, he will definitely tell!"

"Shut up! This little rain won't kill you!" Zhu Gaoxu stared, "Go over there and watch, it's raining so hard today, what if that bastard Li Jinglong attacks in?! Show me your dog!" Eye!"

The guard had no choice but to bow his hands and retreat.

At this moment, another personal guard smiled and said, "Second Young Master, Li Jinglong is such a coward! He won't be as brave as our Second Young Master. With the heavy rain, he must—"

"Boom!!" Before the words were finished, another flash of lightning flashed in the sky!

As the light of lightning flashed by, Zhu Gaoxu squinted his eyes subconsciously, but when he squinted, when the lightning flashed by, Zhu Gaoxu's expression changed, he pushed the guard away violently, and stepped forward with a knife!

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Gaoxu yelled, "Be alert!! The Southern Army is coming!!!"

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In Nanjing, heavy rain poured down.

In the carriage, Fang Xiaoru stared at Huang Zicheng, "...Don't you know?"

Huang Zicheng looked at the rain curtain outside the window, remained silent for a while, and then whispered, "Listen to the destiny!"

Fang Xiaoru was so angry that he burst into flames, "Huang Zicheng!!!"

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Ma Sanbao opened his umbrella, and asked in a low voice, puzzled, "My lord, it's raining so hard, shouldn't we go outside? Why do we have to go to Fanghuayuan first?"

"Yeah." Zhu Gaochi raised his robe and said gently while walking, "It's raining too much today, I want to tell my concubine mother not to go outside, it is estimated that there is chaos outside now."

Ma Sanbao said in a low voice, "The incompetent Li Jinglong, will it still come when the rain is so heavy today?"

"Then Li Jinglong is incompetent, but there is Qu Neng beside him." Zhu Gaochi said with a gentle smile, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, "Then Qu Neng was able to take advantage of the opportunity of opening the Zhangye Gate to mix the secret work into us." The people of Beiping took the opportunity to let it in... If we hadn't been on a tight inspection and discovered the secret work, the consequences would have been disastrous!"

Ma Sanbao frowned, hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Since Qu Neng was able to take advantage of the chaos, why didn't he put in more? Or did we just catch one?"

Zhu Gaochi paused, then turned his head, looked at Ma Sanbao with bright eyes, and said with great relief, "Not bad, Sanbao, you can think of this."

Ma Sanbao couldn't help but blushed, and said, "This is what the son taught me well."

Zhu Gaochi shook his head and laughed, "I didn't teach you anything..." After a pause, he sighed and said, "Of course he got in with more than one, but it's a pity...the other one died."

Ma Sanbao was startled for a moment, he was startled and suspicious, sure enough there was more than one!

Zhu Gaochi murmured in distress, "What did you tell Ms. Zhang? That detailed work..."

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At this time, in Fanghuayuan.

Mrs. Xu was standing by the window watching the rain.

Zhang Rongyue came in and bowed respectfully, "Rongyue has seen the princess."

Xu came back to her senses, turned around to look at Zhang Rongyue, smiled and helped, "Get up."

"Thank you, princess."

Mrs. Xu walked to her seat and sat down, looked at Zhang Rongyue who was bowing her head, and asked lightly, "I heard that Ms. Zhang is not feeling well, but she is better now?"

Zhang Rongyue raised her head slightly, her face was still pale, her eyes were very dark, "Thank you for your concern, Princess Rong, Rongyue has recovered a lot."

Mrs. Xu nodded slightly, "That's good." Pointing to the lower seat, "Come on, sit down and talk."

"Thank you, Princess Rongyue, for sitting down." Zhang Rongyue said in a low voice.

At this time, Zhang Rongyue walked over slowly, approaching step by step...

Suddenly, there was a sound from outside, "Concubine Mother! My son is here to see you!"

Zhang Rongyue paused, her heart tightened.

When Mrs. Xu heard this, she couldn't help but smile, the smile was a little soft, she got up slowly, and walked towards the door.

At this time, Zhu Gaochi had already stepped in, grinned silly and looked at Xu Shi, and saluted respectfully, "My son has seen the concubine mother!"

"You child, it's raining so hard, why are you here?"

At this time, Xu has already passed Zhang Rongyue and walked into Zhu Gaochi.

And Zhu Gaochi also finished his salute, he raised his head, glanced at Zhang Rongyue who was beside him, his heart tightened suddenly.

Then, Zhang Rongyue suddenly rushed towards Xu.

Zhu Gaochi's face changed, and without thinking, he suddenly pushed Xu away, and shouted, "The concubine is in danger!"

Xu's complexion changed, and she shouted in horror, "Chi'er!"